Wind and rain shield



Jam 30, 1923. 1,443,373 (3 F, MILES ET AL. WIND AND RAIN SHIELD.

FILED JULY I0. 1922 WITNESS Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. MILES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND SANFORD EVANS, OF BIRMINGHAM,

ALABAMA; SAID EVANS ASSIGNOR T SAID MILES.

WIND AND RAIN SHIELD.

Application filed July 10, 1922. Serial No. 573,856.

To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that we, GEORGE F. Mums and SANFORD Evans, citizens of the United States of America, respectively, residing at New York, N. Y., and 1320 N. Qdth Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in.

Wind and Rain Shields, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to improvements in wind and rain shields for use with rapidly moving vehicles, the purpose being to provide means for affording an open or free line ofvision for the operator so that rain or snow will not drive therethrough. It is in certain important respects an improvement on thestructure set forth in United States Letters Patent. 1,416,112 dated May 16, 1922,"

as will be seen by reference to the following specification and an examination of the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front View of one end of our improved wind shield as it would appear in use. a l i Figure .Zis a side elevation partly in section. j

1 Figure 8 is a similar view somewhat re duced in size and showing the parts in a slightly different position.

Figure 4 is a side view of a modification.

Figure 5 is a sectional detailed view relatively enlarged.

We have illustrated in theaccompanying drawings only such parts as are necessary for a clear understanding of theinvention.

1 represents the usual cowl, or dashboard portion of a vehicle. 2 represents conventionally the usual top or roof. 3 repre sents one of the side wind shield standards, two of which areprovided, one on each side of the vehicle. Each standard 3 may be independent of the top, as in a touring car. or maybe permanently connected thereto as in a closed car such as sedan or limousine. 4 is a forwardly projecting shade, or the like, which may be carried by the top 2, as in Fig. 2, or may be pivoted to the upper end of the standard 3, as in Fig. 4. 5 is a brace pivotally connected at one end to the forward portion of the shade element 4, while the other end of said brace may be provided with a slotted slide 5 or equivalent device which bears against the adjacent side of standard 3 and is held by a suitable clamp fastening 6 in any desired position of adustment. Two of such braces are provided. By moving the slide 5 up or down the for- Ward portion of the shade 4t may be raised as in Fig. 2, or lowered asin Fig. 3. In no event does the rear end of the brace 5 project to any objectionable degree to the rear of the standard 3. 7 is theusual lower wind shield section arranged, between the side standards 3. 8 is an upper shield section which. performs the dual function of, a shield and a deflector. is pivoted to swing at its upper edge from beneath the shade 4 and may be locked in any desired angular position by the clamping device 9. 10 is a co-acting curved cleflector member arranged at the under side of the shade t near to the forward edge. The lower edge of deflector 10 preferably bears against the forward side of the upper wind shield member 8 and said deflector 10, while bein preferably sufliciently rigid tofwithstand wind pressure is also preferably sufliciently flexible so that it. will permit the wind shield 8 to be angularly adjusted. T he eflect of the curved deflector 10 is to start a draft down along the face of the shield 8 without bathing the same so that the downwardly directed current of air will build up in velocity as it proceeds down the face of shield 8 until it reaches such high-speed that it will prevent rain or snow from passing into the car through the open clear vision space between the upper edge of the lower wind shield section? and the lower edge of the upper shield section 8. This open clear vision passage is conventionally illustrated in Figs. 2 and .3 by dotted lines.

By this arrangement we are able :to employ effectively a flat. uncurved glass for the upper wind shield section 8. The curved coacting deflector 10 at the upper part of and This shield section 8 cars; also that it has a wide range of adjustment; also that it may be economically manufactured. The Curved deflector element not only serves to start the draft in the manner aforesaid but it also covers any opening between the'upper edge of theshield element 8 and the lower side of the shade 4 thereby avoiding the necessity of a separate packing along this line.

The shield sections 7 and 8 are preferably transparent. The member 10 may be made of any material transparent or otherwise. The shade element 4 may likewise be made of any suitable material; the form shewn the larva wind shield section 7 appears as inclined back at an angle which makes it necessary to create a powerful down draft to overcome tendency of the ascending draft created thereby; We have foundthat by the cooperation cf the elements 10 and 8 a sufficiently strong current of air in the downward direction is generated t6 effectively overcome said tendency and to prevent rain and snow from driving through the open clear Vision space.

Thedefiector element 10 rest loosely against the upper section 8, as shown in Figure 2, its own resiliencyholdin it iii place, or desired the upper part of, he fraine of the section 8 may be provided with a row of buttons, one of which is indicated at 12 in Figure 5 and the deflector 10 may be provided with a corresponding row of combing sockets, one of which is indicated at 14 in Figure 5; By this button and socket fastening means the deflector may be detachably secured to the section 8 so that even if the material of the deflector 10 is coinparatively light, the fastenings aforesaid will serve to hold the deflector 10 in such a inanner that it will present a properly curved deflecting surface for the purpose of starting the draft.

The deflector 10 may be made of any ma terial stiff enough in itself to maintain a properly curved form, or not, the said defiector maybe suitably reinforced in any desired way to preserve said curved form while being subjected to heavy wind pres sure. I Again, by this construction the lower part of said deflector will follow and bear against said upper section 8 in its various positions of angular adjustment.

lVhat we claim is:

1. Ina tde vic'e of the character described, alower 'shield sectien, an overhead forwardly projecting shade: e1 ieiit, substantially fianaa arent upper shield section sus- H aaaaa rerward of the low er sectiommea '5 thereby saiauppr sectien maybe arranged at a rearvvardly inclined angle:vvith its lower edge 'abcve the upper edge of the lower section, and a curved means (reacting with the upper section and arranged in front of'the upps'pan of the salneto start a downwardly directed current of air along the substantially flat surface of the upper section.

2. In a device of the character described, an overhead shade element, a substantially flat wind shield element suspended therefrom and near the forward edge thereof, means for securing the same at an angle whereby it will operate as a deflector, and a co-acting deflector element'extending underneath the shade element and arranged adjacent the upper part of said shield element and in front of the latter, said co-acting deflector element being curved to start a draft of air down the face of the shield as the same is propelled forwardly. V

3; In a device of the character described, an overhead shade element, a substantially fiat wind shield element suspended therefrom and near the fori'vard edge thereof, means for securing the same at an angle whereby it will operate as a deflector, and a co a'cting deflector element extending underneath the shade element and arranged adjacent the upper part of said shield element and in front of the latter, said co-acting deflector element being curved to start a draft of air down the face of the shield as the same is propelled forwardly, said coacting deflector element being flexible.

4C; In a device of the character described, an overhead shade element, a substantially flat wind shield element suspended therefrom and near the forward edge thereof, means for securing the same at an angle whereby it will operate as a deflector, and ace-acting deflector element extending underneath the shade element and arranged adjacent the upper part of said shield element and in front of the latter, said co-acti'ng deflector element being curved to start a draft of air down the face of the shield as the same is propelled forwardly, with means for adjusting the forward end of the shade element up and down.

5; In a device of the character described, an overhead shade element, a substantially flat wind shield element suspended th'erefrbm and near the forward edge thereof, means for securing the same at an angle whereby it will operate as a deflector, and a (fie-acting deflector element extending underneath the shade element and arraiiged adjacent the upper part of said shield element and in front of the latter, said coaching; den-ester element being curved to start a draft of ail down the face of the shield as'the ear-fie is propelled forw any, 'i'vith means for adjusting the forward end of the shade element up and down, said means comprising a brace connected at one end to said shade and having a slot in its other end and a support arranged angularly to the slotted end of said a eand in substantial alignment 'with the said Slot.-

6. In a device of the character described,

1 a main support, an overhead shade element carried thereby and projecting forwardly therefrom, a relatively flat wind shield elenient pivoted to and underneath said shade co-acting with said shield element and located underneath said shade element and partially overlapping the upper portion ofthe shield element and curved to start a draft of air downwardly along the face of the machine as the device is propelled forwardly. GEORGE F. MILES. SANFORD EVANS, 

